Finance Director - Property & Real Assets

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an accomplished finance leader to join the Australian operations of a major global investment management organisation, leading the finance function supporting a significant and growing portfolio.

With approximately $900m of assets under management in Australia and ambitious growth plans over the next five years, this is an exciting time to join the organisation.

Reporting to the Managing Director and working closely with senior operational and investment leadership, the Finance Director will lead an established finance team and play a pivotal role across financial management, commercial performance and decision support.

At the heart of this appointment is leadership, culture, and collaboration. We are looking for someone who can foster a highly engaged and accountable team, develop and invest in the success of others, and create strong partnerships across finance, operations, investments, and the broader organisation.

The successful individual will combine strong technical accounting foundations with commercial judgement, people leadership and a continuous improvement mindset.

The Opportunity
The Finance Director will take responsibility for:

• Lead, develop and mentor an established finance team, fostering a collaborative and accountable culture.
• Oversee financial and management reporting, property accounting, budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning.
• Provide commercial insight around performance, profitability, capital expenditure and investment decisions.
• Partner closely with operational leaders, ensuring Finance actively supports the performance and success of the broader business.
• Maintain strong financial controls, governance, policies and risk management.
• Support acquisitions, disposals, capital investment and other strategic initiatives.
• Continually improve finance processes, reporting, data and systems, including contributing to future systems development.
• Build strong relationships across operations, finance, acquisitions and other specialist functions locally and internationally.

About You
This opportunity will suit an established Finance Director, General Manager Finance, Head of Finance or Senior Financial Controller who has operated within a sophisticated and complex business environment.

You will ideally bring:

• Experience across property, real assets, infrastructure, investment management, funds management or another complex, asset-intensive environment.
• Strong financial management and accounting foundations, ideally with exposure to property or asset accounting.
• A genuine balance of technical accounting and commercial finance capability.
• Demonstrated success leading, developing and empowering high-performing finance teams.
• A collaborative leadership style and the ability to build strong relationships across operational and executive stakeholder groups.
• A track record of improving finance processes, reporting, controls and systems.
• Strong commercial judgement and the confidence to challenge, influence and support senior decision-makers.
• CA/CPA or equivalent professional qualification preferred.

Above all, we are looking for a leader who takes ownership, invests in the success of others and sees Finance as an enabler of the broader organisation.
  
Why consider this opportunity?
This is a rare opportunity to join a globally significant investment platform with substantial growth ambitions in Australia.

You will inherit an established team and portfolio, with genuine scope to influence how the finance function supports the business as it grows. The position combines senior people leadership, technical and commercial finance, operational decision support and exposure to a sophisticated global investment environment.

This search is being managed exclusively by Perigon Group. For a confidential discussion, please contact Haydn Furness.
Haydn.furness@perigongroup.com.au